Heel



Oct. 6, 1931. A. c. HAYDEN 1,825,692

HEEL

Filed March 24, 1926 /7 Z Z/ Z3 flazzar ,jilP/70,

Patented Oct. 6, 1931 ARTHUR G. HAYDEN, OF BROGKTON, MASSACHUSETTS iHEELApplication filed March 24, 1926.- Serial No. 97,090.

The invention to be hereinafter described relates to heels for shoes andmore'particularly to rubber heels. A large percentage of shoes nowmanufactured are equipped with rubber heels, The retail shoe dealersdesire to have their names on the tread faces of the rubber heels, andfrequently shoe manufacturers also desire to have their names thereon.It is customary for the shoe manufacturer to purchase the rubber heelsfor his shoes from a manufacturer who specializes in making rubberheels.It is not practicable for the rubber heel manufacturer to equip himselfwith themany different dies or molds which would be required for makingthe heels of shoes with names of the many difierent dealers there- Oneof the purposes of the present inven- :tion, therefore, is to provide aheel which may have a standard form suitable for .all

shoe manufacturers and retail dealers, and

to this end the heel is formed to provide a shallowgrecess ofsubstantial area in the tread side of the heel and located well in fromthe margins of the tread face of the heel. The; heel is made in asuitable die or mold formed to produce the recess, and

the rubber is vulcanized after the recess is formed so that theheelis ina condition to disks are of rubber and theletters are of the same,material.

Simple and efficient means is provided for securing the disks in therecesses. The heel manufacturer furnishes theshoe manufacturer a supplyof these disks whichbear thename of the shoe 7 ,manufacturer or thenames. of the different retail dealers Who arehiscustomers, or the namesof both the shoe manufacturer and the dealer. When an order is receivedby the shoe manufacturer from a customer, he selects a sufiicient numberof disks bearing that particular customers name, and these disks arequickly and easily inserted in the I be necessary for him to rip off theentire 1 rubber heels from the shoes and put the properrubber heelsthereon. By the present invention this is not necessary, since in theevent of mistaken application of disks to the heels which are applied toshoes, the disks may be removed and the correct disks applied withoutthe necessity of the trouble and inconvenience of tearing off the entireheels from the shoes.

Heretofore, when a shoe dealer found it necessary to discontinue a brandor change the marking of heels, it has frequently happened that he had alarge supply of the obsolete heels. 011 hand, and it has been necessaryto stand a substantial loss for these heels or else go to the troubleand expense of scouring off the old mark. This procedure is notpracticable from a commercial standpoint. By the heels of the presentapplication, if it becomes necessary to change the name or mark on theheels, it is merely necessary to remove the marker idisks from the heelsand insert others .in their places, and thisrma'y be 'done quickly, P

easily and with very little expense. 7

The character of the invention may be best understood by reference tothe followingdescription of a good form thereof shown in the"accompanying drawings,

wherein: p v

Fig. '1. is asection through a heel embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a section similar to that shown:

in Fig. 1, showing the rubber marker disk inserted in the heel recess;

Fig. 3 is a view of the bottom of the heel shown in Fig. 1;

Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are views of similar rubber disks having differentnames thereon, any one of them being adapted for application to theheel;

Fig. 8 is a section through one of the disks; and

Figs. 9 and 10 are respectively detail views of the flanged socket andnail.

Referring to the drawings, the heel shown therein as one good form ofthe invention, comprises a body 1 of rubber which may have a suitabletread face 3, inthe present instance provided with ring-like buttons 5formed integral with the body of the heel and distributed in themarginal portions of the heel which receive the brunt of the wear. Eachof these buttons may have a central hole 7 extending down therethroughand passing through a metal washer 9cmbedded in the body of the heel,the holes being adapted to receive the usual nails for securing therubber heel to the shoe.

Formed in the body of the heel is a shallow recess 11 preferably ofsubstantial area, and in the present instance, circular in shape, saidrecess being located centrally of the heel and surrounded by themarginal portions of the heel which receive the brunt of the wear. Anail hole 13 extends from the center of the bottom of the recess throughthe body of theheel, and communicates with a small recess 15 at the rearface of the heel. The heel thus formed is vulcanized so that the heel isin condition to be applied to a shoe and be ready structurally for wear.

Inorder that the names may appear-on th'eheels of the shoes ordered,disks or members '17 are provided having the desired names or marksonthe outer faces of the members, said disks being formed of rubher insuitable dies or molds. The disks are of a thickness corresponding tothe depth of the heel recess 11. Each disk may be provided with a nail19,in the present instance having a. head 21 seated in a flanged socket23 embedded in the rubber disk. The nail has a book 25 of substantiallength at the end thereof and preferably at an angle with respect to theshank 24: of the nail which is somewhat less than 90.

To apply the marker member to the heel recess 11, it is merely necessaryto resent its nail to the hole 13 at the bottom 0 the recess 11 and bysimple manipulation the nail-can be ushed into the hole and causethehook on to enter the rear recess 15 and so interlock with the bottomof the'recess as to prevent the disk from escaping from the recess 11.In this operation the body 17is bent over U-shaped away from the hook 25whereby the hook can be inserted through the hole 13 and when the bodyreturns to its normal shape the parts assume the position shown in Fig.2. In the course of this operation the nail head 21 may rock in thesocket 523 somewhat, due to the elasticity of the rubber disk, andthereby avoid dislocating the socket therein. The latter will remain inproper position for distributing any pull on the nail head to the rubberdisk. The recess 15 has a depth sufficiently greater than the thicknessof the hook of the nail to prevent in use any pressure on the hooktending to push the disk 17 out of its receiving recess.

Anyof many differently marked disks of standard form are adapted forinsertion in the heel recess which is of standard form to conform to thevariety of differently marked disks. As stated, the heel is structurallycomplete and ready 'for wear without the marker member which is neitherdesigned nor intended as a.wear resisting member. On the contrary, it ispurposely constructed and disposed so that its mark will be preserved aslong as possible and should be distinguished from wear resisting plugsor inserts. The marker member has important advantages. Among these isthe elimination of the necessit of the rubber heel manufacturer havingt1e large expense of providing many different molds for his customershaving provision for producing different names on and integral with theheels as a whole. A further advantage is the facility with which theshoe manufac turer may select the retail dealers marker plugs and applythe same to theheels'to fill his orders. And a further advantage:resides in the fact that heels having discontinued brands or'marksthereon and remaining onhand, do not need to be junked,-and thus a greatsaving isefi'ected.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific:embodiment shown, and that variousdeviations may be made therefromwithout departingfrom the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A rubber heel-for application to a shoe at the end thereof forsecuring the member 'into the recess.

2. rubber heel for application toa shoe comprising an elasticrubber-lmdyhaving a tread face withashallow recess therein of a depthrelatively small as compare to the thickness of said body, said recessbeing located well in from the rear edge of the body, an elastic rubbermember fitting into said recess with its edge in close contact with thewall of the recess, said member having a face with an area much lessthan the area of the tread face of the body, and means fixed'in themember and having a deflected free end adapted to detachably secure themember to the body.

3. A rubber heel for application to a shoe comprising an elastic rubberbody having a tread face and a recess located inwardlyof the edgeperiphery of the heel and extending partially into the heel body fromsaid face,

the heel having a second recess opposite the first recess and extendingpartially into the heel body from its upper face and a hole extendingthrough the heel from the bottom of one recess to the bottom of theother recess, a cooperating member fitting into the recess and havingtread marking indicia on its outer face, and means permanently carriedby the member and including a shank projecting from the rear facethereof and through the hole and provided with a laterally defiected endfor engaging against the bottom of the second-named recess to hold themember within its recess.

ARTHUR O. HAYDEN.

